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Miserable Migrants? Natural Experiment Evidence on International Migration and Objective and Subjective Well-Being

Stillman, Steven; Gibson, John; McKenzie, David; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

some studies suggesting that migrants are miserable in their new locations. Observational studies are potentially biased by … the self-selection of migrants so a natural experiment is used to compare successful and unsuccessful applicants to a …

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Immigration Labor and Workplace Safety

Bauer, Thomas K.; Million, Andreas; Rotte, Ralph; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998

Using standard as well as recently developed univariate and bivariate count data models, this paper analyzes the determinants of workplace accidents using a firm data set for Germany. Given the tight system of public workplace safety regulation, introduced partly as early as in 1869, and the...

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Immigration, Naturalization, and the Future of Public Education

Tanaka, Ryuichi; Farré, Lídia; Ortega, Francesc - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper analyzes the effects of immigration on the education system of the receiving country from a political … key moments of Spain's economy and education system in year 2008, the end of a large episode of immigration. By means of … simulations we evaluate the effects of immigration on the size and quality of Spain's public education. Our main findings are as …

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Immigration, Family Responsibilities and the Labor Supply of Skilled Native Women

Farré, Lídia; Gonzalez, Libertad; Ortega, Francesc - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper investigates the effects of Spain's large recent immigration wave on the labor supply of highly skilled … native women. We hypothesize that female immigration led to an increase in the supply of affordable household services, such … family responsibilities. Our evidence indicates that over the last decade immigration led to an important expansion in the …

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The Impact of Immigration on the Labour Market Outcomes of New Zealanders

Maré, David C; Stillman, Steven - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2009

particular skill-groups affects the employment and wages of the New Zealand-born and of earlier migrants. We first estimate …, within skill-groups, migrants are perfect substitutes for non-migrants. We next estimate hierarchical CES production … patterns of wage impacts on different factors in response to changing factor shares, and that natives and migrants are not …

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The Labour Market Adjustment of Immigrants in New Zealand

Stillman, Steven; Maré, David C - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2009

This paper uses data from the 1997–2007 New Zealand Income Survey to examine the economic performance of immigrants in New Zealand. Specifically, we use a synthetic cohort approach to examine how employment rates, hourly wages, annual income and occupations for immigrants compare to those for...

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Immigration, Citizenship, and the Size of Government

Ortega, Francesc - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper analyzes the political sustainability of the welfare state in an environment where immigration is the main … demographic force and where governments are able to influence the size and skill composition of immigration flows. Specifically, I … present a dynamic political-economy model where both income redistribution and immigration policy are chosen by majority vote …

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Housing Markets and Migration: Evidence from New Zealand

Stillman, Steven; Maré, David C. - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2008

New Zealand's large and volatile external migration flows generate significant year-to-year fluctuations in the demand for residential housing. This paper uses population data from the 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006 New Zealand Censuses, house sales price data from Quotable Value New Zealand...

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Immigration and Housing Booms: Evidence from Spain

Gonzalez, Libertad; Ortega, Francesc - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

We estimate empirically the effect of immigration on house prices and residential construction activity in Spain over … the period 1998-2008. This decade is characterized by both a spectacular housing market boom and a stunning immigration … wave. We exploit the variation in immigration across Spanish provinces and construct an instrument based on the historical …

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What Explains the Wealth Gap Between Immigrants and the New Zealand Born?

Gibson, John; Le, Trinh; Stillman, Steven - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2007

Immigrants are typically found to have less wealth and hold it in different forms than the native born. These differences may affect both the economic assimilation of immigrants and overall portfolio allocation when immigrants are a large share of the population, as in New Zealand. In this...

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